Patrick Wolf - The Tower

All along the river
I ran in Weald
As the autumn flowered
Burning into
Blackberries
Redberries

William, where is the tower?
I crawled through these hours
Begging the resurrection
My needs, my wants, my powers
Are thickets, tall and they're deathly

William, where is the tower?
I want to crawl inside
My lover lies at home
Sick and deadly
Wanting
Blackberries
Redberries

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[Toedoog]

Woww - Awesome! Is this like, his early version of 'Thickets'?

[TroupeDeLoup]

Yeah it is. It's funny cos Patrick's BF is called William, so it's as if he's referring to him. But I originally thought by William he meant William Butler Yeats, because he has a book of poems called 'The Tower' and also a poem by the same name within the collection, thus "William, where is the tower?".

Who knows? Coincidence maybe?

Also, back in 2007 Patrick put the following poem/lyric up on his MySpace blog "for william yeats" which would suggest it was about him in the first place:

[TroupeDeLoup]

all along the river pedalling fast as i could as all the wastelands flowered crashed cars and rubbish flourish with blackberries and redberries blackberries sweet redberries berries... have I been travelling so long that I forgot how to stop? why are the brakes all broken wheels spinning out of control and in the mirror pale and deathly

[TroupeDeLoup]

have became

what have I become?

mother

what have I become?

lover

[TroupeDeLoup]

what have I become? still looking for some tower off all the rails and the roads in need of ressurection as my desires and powers grow in thickets tall all round me.... around, around, around So now Just let the wastelands flower and all the thickets grow grow, grow as all the wastelands flower and all the thickets grow tall and taller, tall all round me... by patrick for william yeats

[sourmelongirl]

this is so raw

i love patrick

i love how he writes from the heart!

[emera]

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing all of these obscure tracks and demos.

[nessihoi]

he did <33

[hehhehhee1]

whoot did he say finnish ?

[MissEmoPanicx]

@Toedoog Yeah, it sounds so much like it.

Mixed with other songs of his. :D

These are all so lovely.

Thank you so so so much for uploading them!

I've fallen in love with Patrick all over again!

[csukaa]

so beautiful. can't stop crying.